FOR 22 YEARS
US release: 9th January 2026AmazonMGM studios, who recently got the rights to the James Bond, 007 series have announced that Dune~2020 director Denis Villeneuve will helm and produce the next movie in the long running series.
The Last movie, No Time To Die was released in 2021 after a year delay due to the COVID 19 cinema closures and it saw the end of the Broccoli era and the Daniel Craig series of movies.
Since then online retailer Amazon has bought MGM Studio who co-owned the rights to the series and have taken full controll of the movie rights.
Getting director Villeneuve in to direct and produce potentially means that Amazon are taking the series in much darker direction.
Its still early days yet and a script needs to be written, as well as a title announcement etc., and there has been no announcement yet of who will even play the title character after the departure of Craig in the last movie.
No idea of a release window as the director is in production of the third Dune movie Dune Messiah currently.
Via Variety
Director Denis Villeneuve brings his second part of the Dune~2020 story to the big screen, and unlike the forst part this movie doesn't have to deal with a pandemic and opens to just over £9 Million.
The original movie which was delayed until 2021 took £5.8 Million on its debut, at the time this was good for a movie after all the COVID19 cinema closures.
Last weeks top movie, Bob Marley: One Love, falls to second place this week after 2 weekends at the top, the movie has taken an excellent £4,2 Million in total box office grosses.
Madame Web hangs on for another weekend on the top 5 bit with a total gross of only £3.9 Million it will be one of the lowest grossing superhero movie in the modern era.
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Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 1st March 2024, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Bob Marley: One Love from the top of the UK box office.
Check out other new releases from around the world.
Here are this weeks new releasesCheck back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Celebrated director Denis Villeneuve brings us his second part of the adaptation of Dune~2020, Dune Part Two has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate violence, bloody images, threat.
The movie brings back its leading actor Timothée Chalamet once again who has previously been seen in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun and Christmas With the Coopers, it also brings back Zendaya who have previously been seen in Space Jam: A New Legacy and Super Buddies, these are two of possibly the hottest stars around at the moment.
Director Denis Villeneuve has made a name for himself as one of the top directors of the modern day having directed movies such as Sicario and August 32nd On Earth as well as Arrival.
Movie Synopsis
A warrior who has visions of an apocalyptic future must choose between love and the fate of humanity in this sci-fi fantasy drama sequel which features impactful violence and intense battle sequences.
BBFC certificate breakdown.